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Brabling Curres never want torne eares.
Brabling Curres never want torne eares.
To drink Falernian wine, the sweeter for being stolen.
To drink Falernian wine, the sweeter for being stolen.
Little pitchers have wide eares.
[Little pitchers have wide ears.]
Little pitchers have wide eares.
[Little pitchers have wide ears.]
Fooles give to please all but their owne.
Fooles give to please all but their owne.
Sudden friendship, sure repentance.
Sudden friendship, sure repentance.
Begging a courtesy is selling liberty.
Begging a courtesy is selling liberty.
I would have thee gone,
And yet no further than a wanton's bird,
Who lets it hop read more
I would have thee gone,
And yet no further than a wanton's bird,
Who lets it hop a little from her hand,
Like a poor prisoner in his twisted gyves,
And with a silk thread plucks it back again.
A mans discontent is his worst evill.
A mans discontent is his worst evill.
